Practical risk and capital management strategies for financial service executives and high level managers Risk and Capital Management is a primer for senior executives and directors struggling to interpret the growing demands and implications in this field. It includes valuable perspectives on how to address key issues that are pressing in the boardroom. It is the first book to lay out the basic frameworks of risk management, how to navigate new regulation, how to build a sound risk management capability, and how to translate that capability into strategic success.* A must-have management aid and reference tool for the financial services professional* Expert coverage of measuring risk, managing risk, integrating risk management into business, and leveraging business excellence through risk* Written by a respected thought leader in risk management Providing CEOs and financial executives with the basic building blocks and concepts of risk management, this essential book simplifies risk management requirements for board and executive level professionals
Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Searching for a Solution. Why Manage Risk? Why is Risk Management Difficult to Implement? CHAPTER 1: What is Risk? The Business of Risk. Defining Risk: Loss, Uncertainty, and Horizon. More Ways to Think about Risk. Taxonomy of Risks. Risk and Reward: Modern Portfolio Theory. CHAPTER 2: Risk Management Principles. Words to Live by. Know Your Risks. Articulate Your Risk Appetite. Develop a Well-Defined Risk Culture. Use a Common Language. Develop Capabilities and Approaches in Line with the Size, Complexity, and Culture of Your Organization. Make It Transparent and Comprehensive. Construct Clear Limits and Controls. Align Performance and Incentives to Risk and Reward. Develop Comprehensive Forecasting, Stress Testing, and Challenge Processes. Provide Active Leadership and Direction. Construct Strong Governance and Oversight. Make Continuous Improvements. CHAPTER 3: Building the Risk-Management Framework. All the Right Elements. Your Risk Management Organization. Your Risk Culture. Your GovernanceModel. Your Policies and Processes. Your Data and Systems. CHAPTER 4: Measuring Risk and Capital. Why Measure Risk? Laying Out the Fundamentals, from the Top Down. Probability, Exposure, and Severity. Probability Distributions. Expected Loss. Unexpected Loss and Value at Risk. Economic Capital. The Role of Data and Assumptions. Managing across the Economic Cycle. Stress Testing. Validation of Models. Modeling Credit Risk. Modeling Market Risk. Modeling Operational Risk. Jump Diffusion and Extreme Value Theory. CHAPTER 5: Managing Trade-Offs Between Risk and Reward. The CEO Challenge. Performance Measures-The Basics. Performance Measures-Multi-Period Calculations. Capital Attribution and Allocation. Applying Performance Measures. Top-Down versus Bottom-Up. CHAPTER 6: Understanding Your Appetite for Risk. Identifying the Risk Appetite. Risk Appetite and ICAAP. Building the Risk Appetite Statement. Managing the Risk Appetite (Process). Governance and Risk Appetite. The Living Will. CHAPTER 7: Integrating Risk Management into Your Organization. Embedding Risk Management. What is Enterprise Risk Management? Culture. Incentives and Compensation. Your Organization. Lines of Defense. Reporting, Monitoring, and Decision-Making. Leveraging your Business Rhythm. ERM and COSO. CHAPTER 8: Leveraging Risk for Business Excellence. More than Compliance. Introducing the Customer Lifecycle. Leveraging the Upside. Managing the Downside. Optimization. CHAPTER 9: Basel II and Beyond. Basel II: What's It All About? The Regulator Viewpoint. Basel II Basics. Special Challenges and Requirements. Is It Worth It? Key Differences from Economic Approaches. Beyond Basel II: Basel III and Regulatory Reform. Solvency II. Impacts on Financial Institutions and Financial Markets. Non-Bank Financial Institutions. Too Big to Fail. Afterword. About the Author. Index.
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